Thursday, January 20, 2005

(even if it's a hoax, something might come of it if it's taken seriously. Society is weird like that. And remember, we're an empire now, we make our own reality. Fuck them! Let's make some reality back. Don't spend it today.)

My God! The experts got the news around 8:00 am on Sunday morning local time. An hour later, the first massive wave struck. But the experts started to discuss the economic impacts when they discussed if a tsunami warning should be issued.

JohnRobb in the article below says no significant Global Guerrilla activity has appeared in Afghanistan. But that will change if the US tries to suppress opium production in the country. As this is the only viable crop for large parts of the population.

JohnRobb : I wish I wasn't right on this, but I was right about a guerrilla war in Iraq, infrastructure disruption in Russia, growing instability in Saudi Arabia, high oil prices (due to global guerrilla activity), and the lack of meaningful guerrilla opposition in Afghanistan (at least until they begin to crack down on opium production this year).

43 things is Yet Another Social thingie. This time you categorize yourself and find friends not according to what you say you *are* interested in, but by what you want to do.

Wonder what difference this makes. The first thing I did when I got my account (you have to queue up for a few days to get in) was sign up for "I want to become a better programmer" and "I want to be more efficient when working". How will these categories differ from joing a "programming tribe" or a "Getting Things Done" tribe? We'll see.